Effective fund raising for colleges and universities is a highly competitive undertaking which requires a well planned, constantly reevaluated program with imaginative publicity. While higher education has fewer constituencies from which to draw financial support than other gift-dependent institutions, those it has are usually more generous. These…

Various sets of actors in an urban desegregated high school are found to use a rhetoric of concern to discuss school operation and events. This rhetoric is based upon the accepted understanding that schools do "what's best" for students. Since the rhetoric appeals to diverse segments of the community in which the school is located, it enables…

This paper, the fourth in a series of five on the current state of citizen education, examines citizen participation in contemporary democracy. The content is presented in four parts. The first covers the areas of citizen participation and levels of analysis and includes the domains of citizenship, citizenship as behavior, and micro and macro…

The instructional staff at the Southeast Alternatives (SEA) program operated by the Minneapolis Public Schools were surveyed to determine their reaction to the SEA program. The two major objectives of the survey were to obtain staff opinion on issues concerning the program as well as progress toward achieving SEA major goals. The major findings of…

A program development and implementation change agent must be a perceptive individual who: (1) can readily identify all facets of a given situation and can choose the most appropriate alternative available; (2) is knowledgeable about the day-to-day life and politics of small, rural communities; and (3) is perceived as belonging by the community…

The theme of the Fall 1974 conference of the Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers was "Foreign Languages and the Changing Curriculum." The 250 teachers who attended were given a questionnaire aimed at identifying needs and areas of concern to foreign language teachers. They were asked to: (1) identify the most serious…

The booklet of activities and suggestions for organizing and conducting the 1975 American Week is designed to increase public understanding and appreciation of the schools, to encourage parents to visit their childrens' schools, to secure civic and community support for measures to improve the schools, and to help students gain an appreciation of…

In an attempt to show that Spokane Community College was a significant factor in the current and future economic fortunes of the city of Spokane, four hypotheses were tested and confirmed: (1) Spokane Community College (SCC) had a higher growth rate than the city itself between 1963 and 1968 as shown by population, employment, capital investment,…

This booklet provides examples of challenging jobs that have been done by kids, often Neighborhood Youth Corps enrollees. Jobs range from working with cops in Atlanta to helping the elderly in Chicago; from aiding emotionally disturbed children in Philadelphia to doing city wide surveys in Salinas, California. The jobs presented in this booklet…

Describes the history, programs, and facilities of Edison Community College, in the perspective of the community which it serves. Considers the future goals and factors which may affect them. (LS)

Two therapists each led a self-help group, a "confidant" group, and a women's consciousness-raising group. Experimental subjects showed significant improvement in ratings of future health and became significantly less other-oriented in attitudes toward women relative to the controls. The therapist variable produced few differences in response to…

The author isolates and discusses the following evaluation aspects of cross cultural student teaching projects: (1) project rationale and objectives; (2) local institutional commitment of resources; (3) recruitment and selection of participants; (4) pre-site academic/experiential preparation; (5) noninstructional requirements; (6) site personnel…

Phased development may be an appropriate way for many junior colleges, community colleges, and branch campuses to construct an indoor athletic complex. (MM)

Describes a study which investigated an alternative method (aside from simple ranking) for establishing evaluative criterion weights for evaluating vocational education programs and which would reflect the priortities expressed by various interest groups. (SH)

Ten local communities and their programs for pregnant and parenting adolescents were studied. Only under exceptional circumstances could localities develop and maintain comprehensive service programs. In some cases no services were offered outside of school settings. Federal support through legislation and dollars is necessary to sustain such…